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David Taub stands next to a framed front page in the Fresno Grizzlies press box. Taub is joining The Fresno Bee newsroom (represented by “Scoopy,” the bee mascot) after a decade at the digital outlet. Photo by Ben Hensley \/ illustration by Cecilia Lopez<\/p>\n
David Taub, the reporter who first exposed the collapse of Bitwise Industries and the fraud scheme that followed, is leaving GV Wire after a decade to join The Fresno Bee.<\/p>\n
Taub, the outlet\u2019s senior reporter covering politics, government and elections, has his last official day at GV Wire on Friday. He will join The Fresno Bee covering the same beats.<\/p>\n
Taub joined GV Wire in 2016 as founder Darius Assemi \u2014 president of Granville Homes \u2014 was launching the digital news operation to \u201ceducate and inform Fresno residents about issues that matter to them and will matter to them down the road,\u201d Assemi said in a 2017 interview with The Business Journal<\/a>.<\/p>\n GV Wire\u2019s turning point<\/p>\n He would go on to be managed by Bill McEwen, who spent 37 years with The Fresno Bee. McEwen will take over GV Wire\u2019s regular \u201cPolitics 101\u201d news feature.<\/p>\n Taub credited McEwen\u2019s arrival as a turning point for the outlet, which has earned several local and state awards for its journalism.<\/p>\n \u201cWhen we added Bill McEwen, I think that gave us a lot more credibility,\u201d Taub said. \u201cAnd we just kept on growing from there, really emphasizing on video and graphics.\u201d<\/p>\n Chasing stories, people<\/p>\n Over his decade at GV Wire, Taub built a reputation for pursuing hard stories and the elected officials at the center of them. He became a regular \u2014 if not always welcome \u2014 presence at City Hall. But his work ranged beyond politics. In 2023, he was first to write about the threatened \u201cA Day in the Park,\u201d the 288-tile art installation by Clement Renzi that was damaged by vandalism and fire at the Fagbule building near Manchester Center.<\/p>\n \u201cYou realize there\u2019s this amazing piece of artwork,\u201d Taub said. \u201cAnd you realize, \u2018Oh wow, this thing is in jeopardy.’\u201d<\/p>\n Huge Bitwise scoop<\/p>\n He was also first to report on the collapse of Bitwise Industries, which ultimately led to the discovery of a $100 million fraud scheme and the criminal convictions of co-CEOs Jake Soberal and Irma Olguin Jr.<\/p>\n